Vitriemboli

Vitriemboli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Vitriemboli
Peñaherrera-R., Ríos-Tamayo, Sherwood, Gabriel, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E., Mora-Bolaños & Cisneros-Heredia, 2025[1]
Type species
V. diaguita
Ríos-Tamayo, Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E., Mora-Bolaños, Gabriel & Cisneros-Heredia, 2025
Species

2, see text

Vitriemboli is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae.[2]

Distribution

The genus Vitriemboli is found in Argentina and Bolivia.[2]

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of Latin vitreus "glass" and embolus, referring to the Prince Rupert's drop shape of the male palpal bulb. V. diaguita honors the indigenous Diaguita people.[1] V. herzogi honors ornithologist Sebastian K. Herzog, one of the collectors.[3]

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes two species:[2]

  • Vitriemboli diaguita Ríos-Tamayo, Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E., Mora-Bolaños, Gabriel & Cisneros-Heredia, 2025Argentina
  • Vitriemboli herzogi (Gabriel, Sherwood & Pérez-Miles, 2023)Bolivia

References

  1. ^ a b Peñaherrera-R., P.; Mora-Bolaños, J.; Guerrero-Campoverde, A.; León-E., R. J.; Ríos-Tamayo, D.; Gabriel, R.; Sherwood, D.; Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. (2025). "A new species of Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001 from Ecuador, and two new tarantula genera from Argentina, Bolivia, and Colombia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Arachnology. 20: 462–472. doi:10.13156/arac.2024.20.3.14.
  2. ^ a b c "Gen. Vitriemboli Peñaherrera-R., Ríos-Tamayo, Sherwood, Gabriel, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E., Mora-Bolaños & Cisneros-Heredia, 2025". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  3. ^ Gabriel, R.; Sherwood, D.; Pérez-Miles, F. (2023). "Four new species and two new genera of theraphosid spider from Bolivia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Arachnology. 19: 944–951. doi:10.13156/arac.2023.19.6.944.